Avatar Riff Riders
By Gerd P. Degens
The game requires an 11 x 11 board. There are only 'riders' (night-, cardinal-, chancellor-, amazon-, zebracamelrider) in the game - besides pawns and king, of course. There is a barrier on rank 6 that must be overcome. On ranks 1 to 11, pieces are morphed according to the rules (see below).
Setup
Pieces
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pawn | steps one square straight ahead, or diagonally forward to an empty square, or jumps to the 2nd square straight ahead |
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nightrider | repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction |
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amazonrider | slides in all 8 directions, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction |
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cardinalrider | slides diagonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction |
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chancellorrider | slides orthogonally, or repeatedly makes a knight's jump in the same direction |
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zecari | repeatedly makes a (3,2) leap in the same direction, or repeatedly makes a (3,1) leap in the same direction |
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king | steps one square in all 8 directions, or castles by stepping 4 squares towards the chancellorrider |
Rules
Except for the following changes, the Fide rules apply. There is no capturing en passant. Castling is part of the game.
The squares of the riff are not playable squares; the riff can only be skipped.
The promotion of the pawn only affects the pawn on the f-file - provided it reaches the opponent's base line without leaving that file.
Bare king loses. Stalemate is a win.
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The king is excluded from morphing.
There is no morphing on the f-file.
Ranks 1 to 11
In this area, pieces are morphed to:
- chancellorrider on a and k files,
- nightrider on b and j files,
- cardinalrider on c and i files,
- zecari on d and h files and
- amazonrider on e and g files.
Notes
Avatar Riff Riders on Game Courier
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By Gerd P. Degens.
Last revised by Gerd Degens.
Web page created: 2024-07-18. Web page last updated: 2024-08-22